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Pearson buys virtual schools company
schoolingintheownershipsociety.blogspot.com - Textbook publisher Pearson announced today that it has acquired Connections Education, which operates virtual schools or academies in 21 states and serves roughly 40,000 students. The company is ex...
mikeklonskySchool: It's way more boring than when you were there - Education
salon.com - Sarah, the daughter of Ghanese immigrants, got every word right and hit every note with church-choir perfection. And from Rikkie, the highly intelligent, perhaps brilliant, boy, whose father is ser...
DianeRavitchU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizes 305 Schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools
ed.gov - September 15, 2011The U.S. Department of Education today named 305 schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their success in closing achievemen...
arneduncanObama admin ignored warnings about Solyndra
news.yahoo.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration ignored repeated warnings about a clean-energy loan program that has become an embarrassment for the White House amid the collapse of a California solar e...
mikeklonskyReform In The Age of Obama
schooltechconnect.com - Who here among us does not love the legendary Susan Ohanian? Sorry, I always channel John Kerry when blog from the majestic height of my front stoop. Anyway, if you're not a subscriber to her frequ...
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America’s Vanishing Middle Class - Forbes
forbes.com - Any comparison between wages earned in prior decades and wages earned now needs to take into account the fact that a lot of non-white-males have entered the workforce. Still, these are troubling nu...
mikeklonskyPromoting K-12 Education to Advance Student Achievement
brookings.edu - Event Summary Great teachers and great schools have the ability to transform the living standard of Americans. Over the past century, investments in education have boosted the productivity and ear...
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Charter School Opponents Want DOE To Charge Rent
ny1.com - To view our videos, you need toenable JavaScript. Learn how.install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. The battle over Charter Schools and whether or n...
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Students without whooping cough vaccine pulled from classes - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News
sacbee.com - Hundreds of students in area school districts were pulled out of class today for not having a state mandated whooping cough vaccine or exemption on file. Thousands more students will be sent home o...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, 2011BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATIONFrom those...
coopmike48Moral Purity, Political Sectarianism And Talking To Bill Gates
edwize.org - In the classic text Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, the renowned cultural anthropologist Mary Douglas examines how a society’s behavioral norms and taboos are...
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Romney says Cheney has qualities he would seek in a vice-president candidate - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe
boston.com - By Matt Viser , Globe Staff WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney yesterday praised former Vice President Dick Cheney, saying he would seek a running mate who shared many traits of longtime, and often controv...
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U.S. Latinos Split Over Obama Jobs Bill
hispanicallyspeakingnews.com - Published at 5:16 pm, September 15, 2011 Photo Credits: U.S. Latinos Split Over Obama Jobs Bill President Obama’s $447 billion jobs bill has the support of a number of the country’s Latinos, as he ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Any plan to grow the economy and create jobs should be measured by whether it puts money in the pockets of mid...
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Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation:Top Ten Back-to-School SongsPeter Rothberg on Friday, September 9, 2011 - 21:15Songs about school have probably been sung by students for as long as there ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 Olive Garden Hyattsville, Maryland11:47 A.M. EDTMRS. OBAMA: Hi, everyone! How you guys doing? How many people ...
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Talking to kids about marijuana, healthy school birthdays
ednewsparent.org - Healthy school parties: Try popsicles Today happens to be my daughter’s 9th birthday so I wanted to bring in a treat. I will admit to being drawn to small cupcakes or brownies. I figure the fact ...
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Should Davis be executed? No
ajc.com - By William S. SessionsNo: Questions about his guilt continue to plague his conviction.As Troy Davis faces his fourth execution date on Sept. 21, many may assume that lingering doubts about the case...
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An Attorney's Observations of LAUSD's Rubber Rooms by Ron Lapekas, esq. - Perdaily.com
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - An Attorney's Observations of LAUSD's Rubber Rooms by Ron Lapekas, esq. (Observaciones de un abogado de habitaciones de goma LAUSD por Ron Lapekas, esq.) - Perdaily.com:An Attorney's Observations o...
coopmike48Former Aide To Gov. (Walker) Speaks About FBI Search
democraticunderground.com - Source: Channel 3000 WISCTVMADISON, Wis. -- In an interview with WISC-TV, a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker said she did not do anything wrong, and is not sure why federal agents searched her ...
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Why Hunger Is Still With Us
thenation.com - Editor's Note: This piece is one in a series of replies to Frances Moore Lappé’s essay on the food movement today. Amid the joy of local, seasonal ingredients and tides of young people with dirt ...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 15, 2011 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:On July 19, 2011, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke certified under sectio...
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Remember how you wanted to live like the Jetsons? Well you still can’t!
beinglatino.wordpress.com - The city of the future, or a green ghost town? Pegasus Global Holdings, a development company, has secured a 20 square mile tract of land in New Mexico to build a brand new city. The catch is that ...
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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In Ohio, it's Obama school construction vs. 'Boehnernomics' In Ohio, it's Obama school construction vs. 'Boehnernomics'
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: In Ohio, it's Obama school construction vs. 'Boehnernomics':In Ohio, it's Obama school construction vs. 'Boehnernomics'Obama spoke at the Fort Hayes Art and Academic ...
coopmike48Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top? | Scathing Purple Musings:Did Florida Republicans Deliberately Mislead Voters on Race to the Top?by Bob SikesThe Florida Educ...
coopmike48Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Top Ten Back-to-School Songs | The Nation:Top Ten Back-to-School SongsPeter Rothberg on Friday, September 9, 2011 - 21:15Songs about school have probably been sung by students for as long as there ...
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Stop Children What's That Sound? Only #edreform
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clearThere's a man with a gun over thereTelling me i got to bewareI think it's time we stop, children, what's that soundEverybody look what'...
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